Awarded· 14 Nov 2024
DEXA (Bone Density Scanning) Service Extension
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley, North West
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded DEXA (Bone Density Scanning) Service Extension. It is a contract for other health and social care in Knowsley.
Source: Find a Tender, published 30 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2024
Contract awarded
Diagnostic Healthcare
2024
Award notice published
Award Notice · 11:03
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Award notice updated
Award Notice · 14:50
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About this tender
In brief
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded DEXA (Bone Density Scanning) Service Extension. It is a contract for other health and social care in Knowsley. The contract went to Diagnostic Healthcare. It was awarded on 14 November 2024. The contract value is £170,973.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 30 October 2025. The notice number is 069785-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04be50.
Summary of the contracting process
The current public procurement process involves the Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which has issued a contract modification notice for the DEXA (Bone Density Scanning) Service Extension. This falls under the medical imaging services category located in the UKD region, specifically at Whiston Hospital, Prescot.
The contract modification, which is under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, extends the service for 12 months due to ongoing recruitment challenges. The contract, with an active status, was signed on 1st September 2025 and is valued at £65,373.32. Diagnostic Healthcare Ltd, based in Manchester, is the service provider, marking an update stage in the procurement lifecycle.
SMEs and companies with experience in delivering specialist medical imaging services will find this particularly advantageous, given the nature and duration of this contract.
The notice in full
Provision of DEXA Services on the Southport site,
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Insourcing DEXA Service for the Radiology Department. DEXA is a specialist type of scan which measures bone strength and density.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Diagnostic Healthcare
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £170,973
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 069785-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04be50
- CPV code
- 85150000 - Medical imaging services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Knowsley
- Town
- Liverpool
- Postcode
- L35 5DR
- Electoral ward
- Whiston and Cronton
- Constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston
- Delivery area
- North West (England)
- Region
- North West
- Sub-region
- East Merseyside
- Area
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Sophie Traynier
- Phone
- +44 1516765204
- Address
- Prescot, L35 5DR · North West · England
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Diagnostic Healthcare
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about DEXA (Bone Density Scanning) Service Extension
Who won the DEXA (Bone Density Scanning) Service Extension contract?
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust awarded the contract to Diagnostic Healthcare on 14 November 2024.
How much is the DEXA (Bone Density Scanning) Service Extension contract worth?
The contract value is £170,973.
Who is the buyer for DEXA (Bone Density Scanning) Service Extension?
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, based in Knowsley, North West. The named contact is Sophie Traynier, on +44 1516765204.
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